We all know School Clubs Are Serious Business. However, some high school settings have those that take it a step further. Though they pose as regular clubs, they actually exists as a coverup for some extracurricular activity that is usually supernaturally-oriented.

The members will often be ordinary high school students that are the only ones equipped to investigate and battle some shadowy threat, and a school club presents the perfect story to keep up The Masquerade. They can take advantage of funding, equipment and gathering after school without unfortunate questions arising.

The club advisor will either be a non-existant figurehead or a grown-up who supports the students from behind the scenes because he is unable to interfere directly. Commonly found in an Academy of Adventure.

Examples:

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]

The Exorcists in Blue Exorcist train the students exorcists in the academy under the guise of a "Cram-Class".

The Digidestined of Digimon Adventure 02 have referred to their group as the "Computer Club". It's basically a cover for their afterschool trips to the Digital World, using one of the school computers to get there. An early episode shows that there is a teacher who acts as the club's advisor - but he doesn't know the first thing about using computers and is a nonentity for the rest of the series. (His story purpose was to send Taichi to Not Important to This Episode Camp by forcing him to run interference.)

In Hallelujah Overdrive: the group(s heavy metal band), masquerades as a "Experimental Physics Club" to avoid getting closed down by the principle.

The S.O.S. Brigade, in addition to its regular purpose of keeping Haruhi entertained from the source material, has a second hidden purpose in SOS Pretty Cure--specifically, it's to hide the fact that all five of them are also the eponymous magical warriors. This is most evident during the Magical Mystery Patrols.

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[[folder:Literature]]

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore's Army was formed with this intention (although they weren't keeping its purpose a secret, they weren't exactly openly advertising for members), but Umbridge got wind of it and had a rule allowing her to veto clubs introduced. As a result it became more of a secret club, the only one openly acknowledging Voldemort's return, and La Résistance in the 7th book.

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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]

In The Haunting Hour: The Series: the episode "Alien Candy" features the alien club, which is for actual aliens planning to take over the school instead of sci-fi fans, as the club advertised.

Kamen Rider Fourze has the Kamen Rider Club at school, which is actually made up of the students helping the Kamen Riders and has a portal to a base on the moon. It is unclear just how much the club claims to be a legitimate school club.

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[[folder:Video Games]]

In Persona 3, the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (known as SEES) is registered as a school club with Chairman Ikutsuki as its advisor, and members even stay in the same dorm. However, the true purpose of the "club" is to investigate the Shadows, Tartarus and the Dark Hour, supernaturally phenomena that can only be experienced by a few. All members possess the ability to summon a Persona, which is the only known weapon against the Shadows.

Paranatural features the Paranatural Activity Club, whose purpose is to keep paranormal activity around the school in check, and to help young spectrals like Max understand and control their powers, while Invisible to Normals creatures roam around the town.

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